Formative Assessment: Strategies for a High School Mathematics Class

Formative assessment has become a focus of classroom teachers as a quick method to assess students' progress in their classrooms. For students to be prepared for summative assessments, it is important to separate the traditional forms of summative assessment from the everyday practice and feedback that is formative assessment. Mathematics teachers can modify current classroom processes to meet the qualities of true formative assessment and, in the process, improve student learning through engagement.